Namibia sealed the series with a thumping 10-wicket victory against Canada in the fourth match on Saturday, March 22 at the Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek. (Streaming | More Cricket News)
Canada had won the toss and elected to bat first but Namibian bowlers were on the top of their game right from the start of the match. The game was shortened to 13 overs because of rain. Namibia opening bowler JJ Smit struck on the very first ball of the game and went on to take four wickets in total. In his four overs, Smit just gave away nine runs to restrict Canada.
In the end, Canada were stopped at just 42/7 in 13 overs.
Opener JP Kotze struck an unbeaten 32 off just 14 balls to take Namibia over the line in just 2.4 overs.
Namibia Vs Canada 4th T20I Playing XIs
Canada Playing XI: Aaron Johnson, Ajayveer Hundal, Yuvraj Samra, Nicholas Kirton(c), Harsh Thaker, Ravinderpal Singh, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Saad Bin Zafar, Dilon Heyliger(w), Akhil Kumar, Kaleem Sana
Namibia Playing XI: JP Kotze(w), Nikolaas Davin, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus(c), JJ Smit, Malan Kruger, Zane Green, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Jack Brassell, Tangeni Lungameni
The series began with a washout as the first T20I was abandoned due to rain. However, Namibia took the lead in the second match with a thrilling three-wicket victory.
The third T20I was also affected by rain and had to be abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Full Squads:
Namibia Squad: JP Kotze, Nikolaas Davin, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus(c), JJ Smit, Malan Kruger, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green(w), Handre Klazinge, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Jan Frylinck, Ben Shikongo, Jack Brassell, Dylan Leicher, Lohandre Louwrens, Jan de Villiers
Canada Squad: Kanwarpal Tathgur, Dilpreet Bajwa, Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thaker, Shreyas Movva(w), Nicholas Kirton(c), Ravinderpal Singh, Akhil Kumar, Saad Bin Zafar, Parveen Kumar, Kaleem Sana, Aaron Johnson, Ajayveer Hundal, Yuvraj Samra, Shahid Ahmadzai, Dilon Heyliger, Pargat Singh
